Hard button functions can only be assigned on a "per device" basis using device properties. You can, however have a device for your TV, and a device for FreeView and make whatever hard button assignments you wish in their respective devices. You will then need to devise a method of navigating between the devices. Most people use "tabs" to jump between devices. Many examples of this in the files area. To the user, it appears as though these are just different pages. What you can't do is use the scroll feature to change to these pages.

EDIT: No way to prevent this device from showing up in the device menu. But again, many people don't navigate with the device menu anyway. With my RC9200, I just turn it off.

EDIT #2: Well, you could give one of the devices a name that is just spaces (i.e. a blank). It'll still be on the drop down list, but will not be readable. If you put this device last, no one would know.

This message was edited by bomberjim on 08/05/05 11:26 ET.